Minsk Group fails to make progress in Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish FM
Hurriyet Daily News with wires
The Armenian occupation of Azarbaijani territory in Nagorno-Karabakh had been going on for 17 years, Davutoglu told the Anatolian Agency in Damascus, where he is attending the 36th meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.
He added it was hard to disagree with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who recently criticized the performance of the Minsk Group, which was set up in 1992 and co-chaired by
"The historic record shows it. There has been no progress. It is time to revive this process.
Earlier this month, Armenian President Serge Sargsyan and Aliyev held their fourth meeting aimed at resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, under supervision from the Minsk Group of international mediators.
Davutoglu also said Sunday that Aliyev and Sargsyan would meet on numerous occasions in the coming period and expressed his wish that those meetings bring a solution that would please all parties.
The Turkish foreign minister will travel to
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has also urged the so-called